TRANSPORTAION ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT
SUBJECT: Research Methodology
TOPIC: Key Factors of a Research Paper
Prepared by: SHRUTIK CHAUDHARI (190280713005)
NIRAV PATEL (190280713012)
Key factors of a Research Paper
Research Paper is meant to convey technical information to the reader .
A Research Paper have following factors as per the type of research.
1. Authorship of the Paper
2. Title
3. Abstract
4. Keywords
5. Introduction
6. Methodology
7. Result
8. Conclusion
9. Acknowledgements
10. Reference
1) Authorship of the Paper
Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant
contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the
reported study.
All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-
authors.
It should be made clear which designation & address relates to which
author.
It should include the title, author’s names and affiliations, running title ,
address for correspondence including e-mail address and also the total
number of pages, figures and tables.
2) Title
It must be informative, specific and short. It should not exceed 150 characters
An effective titles must:
identify the main issue of the paper
begin with the subject of the paper
are accurate, unambiguous, specific and complete
do not contain abbreviations unless they are well known by the target audience,
draw attention of readers.
3) Abstract
An abstract comprises a one-paragraph summary of the whole paper. It should not
exceed 200-350 words excluding the title and the key words.
The abstract must be concise, clear and informative rather than indicative.
The abstract must be informative in a structured form and explain briefly what was
intended, done, observed and concluded.
the thematic scope of an abstract progresses in a similar way as the complete paper
following the:
Motivation: Why do we care about the problem and the results?
Problem: What problem is the paper trying to solve and what is the scope of the
work?
Solution: What was done to solve the problem?
Results: What is the answer to the problem?
Implications: What implications does the answer imply?
4) Keywords
Provides 4-7 keywords which will help readers or indexing agencies in
cross-indexing the study.
The exactly words found in title need not be given as key words.
5) Introduction
The introduction serves the purpose of leading the reader from a general
subject area to a particular field of research.
this section must introduce the subject and briefly say how the idea for this
research topic originated.
Justification for research aims and objectives must be clearly mentioned
without any ambiguity.
6) Methodology
The procedure adopted should be described in sufficient detail to allow the
experiment to be interpreted by the readers.
The number of subjects, the number of groups, the study design, sources of
experiments or instruments used, statistical methods must be mentioned.
The data collection procedure must be described.
Some of the information the section must include is:
Sample preparation techniques
Protocol for collecting data - how were the procedures carried out?
Origins of samples and materials & Description of the field site (if applicable)
including physical,
biological features, and exact location (include a map, if applicable)
Information on computer programs used or written
7) Results
The results should be presented in logical sequence in the text with appropriate
reference to tables and figures.
The data given in tables or figures should not be repeated in the text.
Simple data may be given in the text instead of figures or tables.
It should be discussed that how the data compare or contrast with previous
results.
8) Conclusion
It must be consider the strengths and weaknesses of the study.
First introduce the work and then briefly state the major results.
Conclusions should agree with the objectives stated under Introduction.
End the conclusion with a statement of how this work contributes to the overall field
of study.
9) Acknowledgement
Only those who have contributed to the scientific content or provided technical
support, Sources of financial support should be mentioned in Acknowledgement.
10) References
The number of references should normally be restricted to a maximum of 25 for a
full paper. Majority of them should preferably be of articles published in the last 5
years.
References are to be cited in the text by superscripted number and should be in the
order in which they appear.
As far as possible mentioning names of author(s) for reference should be avoided
in the text.
For web reference, As a minimum, the full URL should be given and the date when
the reference was last accessed & other information like author’s name,source
publication .
